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<FONT color="green">017</FONT>    package org.apache.commons.beanutils.converters;<a name="line.17"></a>
<FONT color="green">018</FONT>    <a name="line.18"></a>
<FONT color="green">019</FONT>    /**<a name="line.19"></a>
<FONT color="green">020</FONT>     * {@link org.apache.commons.beanutils.Converter}<a name="line.20"></a>
<FONT color="green">021</FONT>     * implementation that converts an incoming<a name="line.21"></a>
<FONT color="green">022</FONT>     * object into a &lt;code&gt;java.lang.String&lt;/code&gt; object.<a name="line.22"></a>
<FONT color="green">023</FONT>     * &lt;p&gt;<a name="line.23"></a>
<FONT color="green">024</FONT>     * Note that ConvertUtils really is designed to do string-&gt;object conversions,<a name="line.24"></a>
<FONT color="green">025</FONT>     * and offers very little support for object-&gt;string conversions. The<a name="line.25"></a>
<FONT color="green">026</FONT>     * ConvertUtils/ConvertUtilsBean methods only select a converter to apply<a name="line.26"></a>
<FONT color="green">027</FONT>     * based upon the target type being converted to, and generally assume that<a name="line.27"></a>
<FONT color="green">028</FONT>     * the input is a string (by calling its toString method if needed).<a name="line.28"></a>
<FONT color="green">029</FONT>     * &lt;p&gt;<a name="line.29"></a>
<FONT color="green">030</FONT>     * This class is therefore just a dummy converter that converts its input<a name="line.30"></a>
<FONT color="green">031</FONT>     * into a string by calling the input object's toString method and returning<a name="line.31"></a>
<FONT color="green">032</FONT>     * that value.<a name="line.32"></a>
<FONT color="green">033</FONT>     * &lt;p&gt;<a name="line.33"></a>
<FONT color="green">034</FONT>     * It is possible to replace this converter with something that has a big<a name="line.34"></a>
<FONT color="green">035</FONT>     * if/else statement that selects behaviour based on the real type of the<a name="line.35"></a>
<FONT color="green">036</FONT>     * object being converted (or possibly has a map of converters, and looks<a name="line.36"></a>
<FONT color="green">037</FONT>     * them up based on the class of the input object). However this is not part<a name="line.37"></a>
<FONT color="green">038</FONT>     * of the existing ConvertUtils framework.<a name="line.38"></a>
<FONT color="green">039</FONT>     *  <a name="line.39"></a>
<FONT color="green">040</FONT>     *<a name="line.40"></a>
<FONT color="green">041</FONT>     * @author Craig R. McClanahan<a name="line.41"></a>
<FONT color="green">042</FONT>     * @version $Revision: 690380 $ $Date: 2008-08-29 21:04:38 +0100 (Fri, 29 Aug 2008) $<a name="line.42"></a>
<FONT color="green">043</FONT>     * @since 1.3<a name="line.43"></a>
<FONT color="green">044</FONT>     */<a name="line.44"></a>
<FONT color="green">045</FONT>    public final class StringConverter extends AbstractConverter {<a name="line.45"></a>
<FONT color="green">046</FONT>    <a name="line.46"></a>
<FONT color="green">047</FONT>    <a name="line.47"></a>
<FONT color="green">048</FONT>        /**<a name="line.48"></a>
<FONT color="green">049</FONT>         * Construct a &lt;b&gt;java.lang.String&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;Converter&lt;/i&gt; that throws<a name="line.49"></a>
<FONT color="green">050</FONT>         * a &lt;code&gt;ConversionException&lt;/code&gt; if an error occurs.<a name="line.50"></a>
<FONT color="green">051</FONT>         */<a name="line.51"></a>
<FONT color="green">052</FONT>        public StringConverter() {<a name="line.52"></a>
<FONT color="green">053</FONT>            super();<a name="line.53"></a>
<FONT color="green">054</FONT>        }<a name="line.54"></a>
<FONT color="green">055</FONT>    <a name="line.55"></a>
<FONT color="green">056</FONT>        /**<a name="line.56"></a>
<FONT color="green">057</FONT>         * Construct a &lt;b&gt;java.lang.String&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;Converter&lt;/i&gt; that returns<a name="line.57"></a>
<FONT color="green">058</FONT>         * a default value if an error occurs.<a name="line.58"></a>
<FONT color="green">059</FONT>         *<a name="line.59"></a>
<FONT color="green">060</FONT>         * @param defaultValue The default value to be returned<a name="line.60"></a>
<FONT color="green">061</FONT>         * if the value to be converted is missing or an error<a name="line.61"></a>
<FONT color="green">062</FONT>         * occurs converting the value.<a name="line.62"></a>
<FONT color="green">063</FONT>         */<a name="line.63"></a>
<FONT color="green">064</FONT>        public StringConverter(Object defaultValue) {<a name="line.64"></a>
<FONT color="green">065</FONT>            super(defaultValue);<a name="line.65"></a>
<FONT color="green">066</FONT>        }<a name="line.66"></a>
<FONT color="green">067</FONT>    <a name="line.67"></a>
<FONT color="green">068</FONT>        /**<a name="line.68"></a>
<FONT color="green">069</FONT>         * Return the default type this &lt;code&gt;Converter&lt;/code&gt; handles.<a name="line.69"></a>
<FONT color="green">070</FONT>         *<a name="line.70"></a>
<FONT color="green">071</FONT>         * @return The default type this &lt;code&gt;Converter&lt;/code&gt; handles.<a name="line.71"></a>
<FONT color="green">072</FONT>         * @since 1.8.0<a name="line.72"></a>
<FONT color="green">073</FONT>         */<a name="line.73"></a>
<FONT color="green">074</FONT>        protected Class getDefaultType() {<a name="line.74"></a>
<FONT color="green">075</FONT>            return String.class;<a name="line.75"></a>
<FONT color="green">076</FONT>        }<a name="line.76"></a>
<FONT color="green">077</FONT>    <a name="line.77"></a>
<FONT color="green">078</FONT>        /**<a name="line.78"></a>
<FONT color="green">079</FONT>         * Convert the specified input object into an output object of the<a name="line.79"></a>
<FONT color="green">080</FONT>         * specified type.<a name="line.80"></a>
<FONT color="green">081</FONT>         *<a name="line.81"></a>
<FONT color="green">082</FONT>         * @param type Data type to which this value should be converted.<a name="line.82"></a>
<FONT color="green">083</FONT>         * @param value The input value to be converted.<a name="line.83"></a>
<FONT color="green">084</FONT>         * @return The converted value.<a name="line.84"></a>
<FONT color="green">085</FONT>         * @throws Throwable if an error occurs converting to the specified type<a name="line.85"></a>
<FONT color="green">086</FONT>         * @since 1.8.0<a name="line.86"></a>
<FONT color="green">087</FONT>         */<a name="line.87"></a>
<FONT color="green">088</FONT>        protected Object convertToType(Class type, Object value) throws Throwable {<a name="line.88"></a>
<FONT color="green">089</FONT>            return value.toString();<a name="line.89"></a>
<FONT color="green">090</FONT>        }<a name="line.90"></a>
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